What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending December 5, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
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December 5, 2020
December 4, 2020
Trump’s Monthly Approval Ties High for the Year
When tracking President Trump’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results for Trump’s presidency can be seen in the graphics below.
December 4, 2020
52% See Obama’s Economic Policies as Better Model for Biden Than Trump’s
Despite the explosive economic growth of the last four years interrupted only by the coronavirus lockdown, most voters want to return to the economic policies of President Obama.
December 4, 2020
Democrats Reaping What They Sow By Michael Barone
"My sense is that if Trump wins, Hillary supporters will be sad," left-wing writer Sally Kohn tweeted the day of the 2016 election. "If Hillary wins, Trump supporters will be angry. Important difference." Kohn turned out to be wrong about her own side that year, which angrily set about delegitimizing Donald Trump's victory. She was wrong, too, in her apparent assumption -- shared by shop owners who boarded up their windows -- that Trump supporters would react as violently to his defeat as the Black Lives Matter movement reacted to a death in Minneapolis.
December 4, 2020
Ignoring the War Risks of Red Lines By Patrick J. Buchanan
In early August 1990, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein invaded and occupied Kuwait and declared it to be his nation's lost 19th province.
December 3, 2020
Americans Plan To Spend Less This Holiday Season
Americans are holiday shopping at their usual pace but aren’t planning to spend as much as they have in the last several years.
December 3, 2020
Most Still Want Citizenship Question on U.S. Census
Americans continue to agree with the Trump administration that the U.S. Census should include a citizenship question and say illegal immigrants should not be counted when congressional seats are being apportioned.
December 3, 2020
Walter E. Williams 1936-2020 By Thomas Sowell
Walter Williams loved teaching. Unlike too many other teachers today, he made it a point never to impose his opinions on his students. Those who read his syndicated newspaper columns know that he expressed his opinions boldly and unequivocally there. But not in the classroom.
December 2, 2020
Voters Say COVID-19 Comes First for Biden
The coronavirus is far and away the top action item on likely new President Joe Biden’s list as far as voters are concerned.
December 2, 2020
No Election Justice, No Election Peace By Michelle Malkin
PHOENIX -- A motley throng of patriots amassed Monday at the Hyatt Regency for a raucously peaceful "Stop the Steal" rally. There were Zoomers and Boomers, "America First" leaders and Proud Boys, tea party veterans and indie Donald Trump loyalists. I flew down from Colorado to lend my support to all these anti-establishment activists brave and vigilant enough to take to the streets. Praise for "Christ the King" rang out amid demands that a special legislative session be convened.
December 2, 2020
Better Than Charity By John Stossel
Many of us will give money to charity this month. Americans give more than any other people in the world.
December 1, 2020
Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending November 24, 2020
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of November 22-24, 2020 fell to 95.8 from 96.6 the week before. This is the third time in the four weeks since Election Day that the Index has closed below its baseline, indicating that voters want tighter immigration control.
December 1, 2020
Voters See Each Other as America’s Enemy
U.S. voters now regard each other as a bigger enemy than Russia or North Korea and just as dangerous as China.
December 1, 2020
Has Bibi Boxed Biden in on Iran? By Patrick J. Buchanan
If Israel, as is universally believed and has not been denied, was behind the assassination of Iran's leading nuclear scientist, questions arise:
December 1, 2020
Bad News for Progressives: It's Still a Conservative Country By Stephen Moore
It's not exactly clear how it happened. No one expected it, least of all the media and pollsters. But that promised big blue wave of Democratic victories across the country turned instead into a red tidal wave from coast to coast. Most progressive ballot issues in the states -- from tax increases to racial preferences -- also came crashing down.
November 30, 2020
32% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-two percent (32%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending November 24, 2020.
November 30, 2020
Voters Positive About America’s Future, Greatness, But Party ID Matters
Americans are still confident about where the country is headed, but Democrats are a lot more optimistic than others that the best is still to come.
November 28, 2020
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 28, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
November 27, 2020
Hey, Joe! These Are Our Demands By Ted Rall
Progressives and other leftists promise/threaten to pressure/take to the streets to make demands of President-elect Joe Biden if/when he falls short of our expectations. We on the left don't want to be one of those bad bosses who tells you your work isn't good enough but never says what they expect from you in the first place, so you're reduced to fumbling around in the dark.
November 27, 2020
33% Still Plan In-person Black Friday Shopping
With anti-coronavirus restrictions being reimposed in many areas, Americans are less likely to do any in-person Black Friday shopping this year, while online holiday shopping appears ready to edge past last year’s record pace.
